Stock-guard



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J. M. LEE STOCK GUARD.

' N0."588,868. Patented Aug. 24,1897.

act description of the invention, such as will plurality of sections,one between each pair PATENT ()FFICE.

JAooB'M, LEE, OF

I STOCK- HOUSTON, TEXAS.

GUARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 588,868, dated August24, 1897.

Application filed March 5, 1897- To aZZ whom it may OOH/(1077b:

Be it known that I, JACOB M. LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Stock-Guards, and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exenable othersskilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to improvements in stock-guards; and it consists ofcertain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings, in which the same partsare indicated by the same letters throughout the several views. Figure 1represents a perspective View of a portion of a single-track railroadwith my improved stock-guard. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view'ofone of the sections of my improved stock-guard as detached from thetrack; and Fig. 3 represents alongitudinal vertical section on asomewhat larger scale than is used in the other figures, showing thedetails of construction of the stock-guard;

O C represent the railway-tracks, and D D' the ties. The stock-guard ismade up of a of tracks and one on the outside thereof. Where there is asingle track, the stock-guard will be made in three sections, as shownin Fig. 1, and where there is a double track the stock-guard will bemade in four sections, one section between each pair of tracks and oneon the outside of the road-bed, and so on where there are a largernumber of tracks.

Each section of the stock-guard is composed of two end plates A,provided with downwardly-projecting tongues a, adapted to fit roughlybetween the cross ties. Between these-two end plates A a plurality ofinverted V-shaped plates B are secured, preferably by means of flangesb, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3. These bent plates B consist of twolegs I) and 12 one longer than the other. The longer leg projectsdownward between the cross-ties beneath the overhanginglip of the otherleg This is shown. most clearly in Fig. 3. Thus it will be seen that apassage is left for the flow of water from the longer legs between themand the cross-ties, while $erial No. 626,132. (No modeLl to engage theankle of the animal endeavoring to cross the track, the foot of the saidanimal sliding downward and its ankle catching in the said overhanginglip of the short leg 19*.

In order to secure the sections of the stockguard in place, they areprovided with downwardly-proj ectin g flanges b which are bolted to thecross-ties, as shown in Fig. 3. Now when it is desired to remove thestock-guard, as for repairing the road-bed or the like, the boltsholding these flanges b are withdrawn and the section of stock-guard istemporarily removed, as indicated in Fig. 2.

In most forms of stock-guard now in use the various parts are attachedto the road-bed in such a way that it is extremely difficult andinconvenient ,to remove the same, and it frequently becomes necessary torepair the roadbed, tracks, or the like at the points occupied by thesestock-guards. I

It will be obvious to any one versed in such matters that theherein-described stock-guard is a cheap, light, simple, and durabledevice which may be readily applied and as readily removed when desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A stock-guard composed of a plurality of separate sections, eachsection comprising two end plates, with tongues adapted to project downbetween the cross-ties of the roadbed,andinverted-V-shaped plates,havingone leg shorter than the other adapted to rest on top of the cross-ties,and having the outer edge of the shorter leg projecting beyond the .faceof the cross-tie, substantially as detwo end plates, with tonguesadapted to pro-- ject down between the cross-ties of the roadbed,andiuverted-V-shaped plates,having one leg shorter than the other adaptedto rest on top of the cross-ties, and having the outer edge of theshorter leg projecting beyond the face of the cross-tie, with flangedends I) to each section adapted to be secured to the cross-ties byspikes or bolts, substantially-as described.

4;. In a stock-guard for use on railroads, the combination with the endplates A provided with tongues a adapted to project down between thecross-ties of the road-bed, of the flanged plates B secured to the saidend plates A and provided with the long legs Z) and the short legs b thesaid short leg projecting over the lower edge of the longer leg, andbeing adapted to project beyond the edge of the cross-ties, with flangedends b to each section adapted to be secured to the cross-ties by spikesor bolts, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB M. LEE.

Vitnesses:

PETER COHEN, 13. G. BARTHOLOMEW.

